Chapter 36 (1) The first battle
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"Youzi said: The use of etiquette is to be harmonious. The Taoism of the ancient kings is beautiful. If you follow it, you will not be able to do it. If you know how to be harmonious and make peace without etiquette, it will not be possible. Youzi said: Believe in the near.
Regarding righteousness, words can be restored. Respect is closer to etiquette and far away from shame. Because it does not lose its relatives, it can also be regarded as a lineage. Confucius said: A gentleman has no food to ask for fullness, and no residence to ask for peace. He is quick to do things and cautious in speaking.
There is a way and it is right. It can be said that you are eager to learn..."
The neat recitations of the Eight Hundred Gentlemen's Army echoed on the battlefield. The gentleman's banner with black characters on a white background and the two secondary flags of 'Benevolence, Righteousness, Properity, Wisdom and Trust' and 'Gentleness, Courtesy, Thrift and Surrender' were also fluttering in the wind on the vast battlefield. And in
On the opposite side, the Zairong rebel team heard earth-shattering laughter. Countless rebel generals and soldiers burst into tears from laughter. There was even a tragedy in which a cavalryman laughed so hard that he fell off his horse.
"Wahahahahahahaha...!" Of course, the one who laughed the most among the rebels was Zuo Rong himself. He patted his thigh and laughed crazily and said: "Benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust, gentleness, courtesy, frugality and yielding." Confucius said, "Learn and learn from time to time."
, are you not happy? It seems that I really underestimated the nerd Tao Ying. He even came up with the idea of reading "The Analects" on the battlefield. It is unprecedented and unprecedented. Hahahahahahaha
…!”
"Senior Brother, Great Protector, it seems that Tao Ying is easier to deal with than we thought." He Zi, Zuo Rong's right-hand man, also said with joy: "Senior, Great Protector, please look at it, Tao Ying doesn't understand at all.
What kind of formation is there? The cavalry's positions are very loose, and there is no rush to repair the antlers to block the horses. As long as our team rushes up, we can completely break up Tao Ying's team and divide and surround them!"
"I've seen it already! It seems that Zhao Kuo's son is hundreds of times stronger than Tao Ying's son!" Zuo Rong laughed loudly and shouted proudly: "Send the order to the whole army to set up the front arrow formation, and the cavalry should gather in the center to attack.
, the infantry was divided into two wings. As soon as there was an opportunity, they immediately launched a surprise attack and captured Tao Ying Xiaoer alive!"
"No!" He Zi and other generals agreed, and immediately went down to make arrangements. Soon, the 10,000 Zuorong rebels began to form their troops. More than 3,000 cavalry were deployed to the central army, and the rest were positioned forward.
The 7,000 infantrymen were divided into three brigades. The two groups of soldiers were divided into two wings, spread out to the left and right in diagonal formations, and joined forces with the cavalry to form a huge sharp arrow. There were also about 3,000 auxiliary troops behind the arrows.
, to protect the food, grass and baggage. The sound of horns and war drums also echoed in the huge team of Zirong rebels.
"The Master said: Isn't it a pleasure to learn and practice it over time? Isn't it a pleasure to have friends come from afar? Isn't it a gentleman if a person doesn't know something but is stunned? A Confucius said: "He is also a filial and affectionate person who likes to offend his superiors.
It is fresh. Those who are not fond of offending superiors but are fond of making trouble have not yet existed. A gentleman is committed to his roots, and the Tao is born from his foundation. Filial piety and brotherhood are the foundation of benevolence. The Master said: Clever words and colors are the basis of benevolence..."
Compared with Xuzhou's archenemy Cao Cao's army, the speed at which Zuo Rong's rebels formed their troops was extremely slow. There were even a lot of chaos in the formation of the troops. If there had been a different commander, he would have ordered the launch long ago.
An attack was launched, but Tao Ying refused to seize this opportunity. He led the 800 gentlemen army and just recited the Analects of Confucius while shaking his head and reciting the first chapter of "The Analects of Confucius" over and over again.
, as if he were gathering with eight hundred Confucian scholars to worship Confucius.
"Nerd! Do you know how to fight?!" Lin Qing, a non-staff member of the Junzi Army, couldn't bear it anymore and rushed to argue with Tao Ying, criticizing Tao Ying for his talk on paper.
"Shut up!" Tao Ying's reaction shocked Lin Qing. Tao Ying, who usually smiled playfully in front of Lin Qing, seemed to be a different person at this moment. He shouted to Lin Qing with a serious and majestic face: "Take your
Shut your mouth! Normally I can let you go, but now the two armies are at war. If you say nonsense or interfere with my command, military law will be enforced immediately!"
This was the first time that Lin Qing saw Tao Ying talking to her like this. She was so surprised that she didn't know what to do for a moment. She swallowed the words that accused Tao Ying of her mouth. But at this moment, Tao Ying
Ying had no intention of explaining to this troublesome little girl. He turned around and went back just to observe the enemy's situation. When he saw Zuo Rong placing more than 3,000 main cavalry at the arrow position, and saw Zuo Rong's flag appearing among the cavalry team.
, Tao Ying couldn't help but smile and murmured: "God help me."
After a while, the Zuirong rebels, who had finally formed their troops, slowly advanced to the front of the Junzi Army. According to the unwritten battle rules, both sides sent out an archer from each side and ran to the center of the battlefield, facing their own army back to back.
Draw the bow and release the arrow in the same direction. The place where the arrowhead lands is also the front of the front lines of both sides. Because the archers of the Junzi Army have a good grasp of the distance, the arrow falls just in front of the cavalry of the Gentleman Army in the first row, so the Junzi Army falls.
There was no need to change the distance, but they finally stopped reciting the Analects of Confucius, which was extremely funny, and the front line of Zuorong's rebel army had to move forward more than twenty steps before they stood in front of the arrow.
The formation was set. According to the battle rules of this era, the two coaches Tao Ying and Zuo Rong rode their horses to the front of the formation to answer questions. Zuo Rong, who was nearly four years old and was tall and burly, pointed his riding whip at Tao Ying and shouted: "Tao Ying
Ying Xiao'er, you are outnumbered, why don't you quickly dismount and accept surrender? If you surrender, for your father's sake, I will spare your life! Otherwise, with my order, Guangling's tens of thousands of troops will be able to attack you in an instant
You will turn into a meat powder!"
"Bah!" Tao Ying spat in a very graceless manner, pointed at Zuo Rong and cursed: "Zuo Rong, you are the most ungrateful and shameless thief in the world! My father has entrusted you with a heavy responsibility and a great kindness.
Rushan, you don't want to serve, but instead lead your army to flee south, and you even brutally killed Mr. Zhao, the prefect of Guangling. You sent your troops to harm the people, poisoned all living beings, you are ruthless and full of crimes! Today, my son is leading an army to attack you, a thief like you.
You actually dare to say such arrogant words and commit such a crime! Zuo Rong, the dog thief, tell you the truth, your death has come!"
"You brave boy! You don't know life and death, yet you dare to insult me?!" Zuo Rong was furious, turned to the generals behind him and shouted: "Who is going to capture Tao Ying's boy?!"
"The last general is willing to go!" He Zi, the chief general under Zuo Rong, agreed, clapped his horse and went into battle with his spear drawn.
"Who will capture the Zeirong dog thief for me?!" Tao Ying also turned to the troops behind him and shouted.
"The final wish..."
Xu Sheng, who had long been looking forward to showing off his skills on the battlefield, shouted and was about to rush into battle, but Tao Ji next to him grabbed him and said with a smile: "Don't worry, wait and see the good show."
"Watching a good show?" Xu Sheng was stunned, "What good show can we watch on the battlefield?"
"The last general, Guan Yu, is willing to go!" At this time, a gentleman's army commander holding a wooden-handled sword rode out of the battle and shouted to He Zi who came to challenge him: "I am Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang! I will use my name as the general.
Guan Yun's long sword will not kill the nameless rats!"
"Guan Yu Guan Yunchang?!" Xu Sheng, Lin Qing, He Zi and far away Zuo Rong and others were all frightened. They thought that Guan Yu Guan Yunchang, who had warmed the wine and killed Hua Xiong, was also in the Junzi Army? How come we hadn't heard of it?
?He Zi, who was facing off against Guan Yu, was so frightened that he quickly reined in his horse and shouted at Guan Yu who came out of the Gentleman Army: "Are you Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang, who warmed wine and killed Hua Xiong?!"
"No!" the gentleman commander holding a long-handled sword shouted loudly: "A man will not change his name in work, nor his surname in office! My surname is Guan Mingyu, the name of the universe! The word Yunchang is Changshan Zhao Zilong's name!"
"Bang, bang, bang!" There was a fainting sound on the battlefield. Xu Sheng and Lin Qing were angry and funny, and hurriedly asked Tao Ji: "Third General, is there such a coincidence in the world? This General Guan Yu's
How come the name and surname are so similar to the famous Guan Yu and Guan Yunchu?"
Tao Ji's answer made Lin Qing and Xu Sheng furious, "Can it be a coincidence? His original name was Guan Er, which has no characters, so my second brother changed his name to this name specifically to use him to fight enemies in single combat."
The one who was even more outraged was the poor General He Zihe who was almost frightened. After heaving a sigh of relief, He Zi slapped his horse with a gun in hand and rushed over with a loud shout, "Guan Yu, kid, give me a knife!"
"You nameless rat, take a stab at me!" Guan Yu also slapped his horse with his sword, and galloped towards He Zi. The two horses were facing each other, and in the blink of an eye they were less than thirty steps apart. But at this moment, Guan Yu suddenly reined in his horse.
Then he turned around and ran towards the main formation, shouting: "Unknown rat, I will spare your life this time!"
"Boom, boom, boom, boom!" There were also a series of fainting sounds on the battlefield. He Zi easily dodged the wooden-handled sword thrown by Guan Yu, and charged forward with his horse, determined to kill Guan Yu, who was extremely lazy and wretched.
Guan Yunchang fell off his horse and won the first victory. But at the same time, Tao Ying, who had already retreated to the heavy cavalry, raised the triangular flag and waved it...
"The Master said: To govern with virtue is like Beichen, who lives in his place and is shared by all the stars. The Master said: Three hundred poems can be summed up in one sentence, saying: Thoughts are innocent!"
The new sound of "Zi Yue Shi Yun" came, and the light cavalry of the One Hundred and Sixty Gentlemen Army in the third team suddenly launched a charge, shouting "Zi Yue Shi Yun" in unison, and clapped their horses forward and passed through the gap between the first two rows of heavy cavalry.
Pushing forward, they drew their bows and released arrows together. One hundred and sixty arrowheads were all shot at He Zi, who was rushing towards him. Poor General He Zi was so frightened that he quickly waved his steel gun to block the arrows, but he couldn't block the arrows.
Unable to stop Xi, in the blink of an eye he and his horse were shot like a hedgehog. He screamed and fell to the ground, killing both his man and his horse.
"Junior brother——!" General Zuo Rong hissed in disbelief.
"The Master said: Guide them with government and regulate them with virtue, so that the people can avoid being shameless. Guide them with virtue and regulate them with etiquette. If they are shameless, they should be disciplined. Confucius said: I am determined to study when I am fifteen, and I will be established at thirty.
When you are forty, you will not be confused; when you are fifty, you will know your destiny; when you are sixty, your ears will be attuned; when you are seventy, you will follow your heart's desires without going beyond the rules!"
At the same time, the last two groups of gentlemen's light cavalry also rode forward, passed through the wide gap between the first two groups of heavy cavalry, and charged forward while maintaining an orderly formation. Together they drew their bows and arrows on their horses, and sent the arrows down.
The arrows were thrown towards the front line of the Zeirong rebels in the distance. The arrowheads used by the Junzi Army Qingqi this time were all sharp and thin light arrows, which had a very long range. They fell overwhelmingly into the ranks of the Zeirong rebels, and they were hit one after another.
The screams immediately echoed in the ranks of the Zairong rebels.
"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow quickly!"
Seeing such a shameless tactic for the first time, the furious Zuo Bodhisattva yelled wildly and ordered the rebel cavalry to fire arrows to fight back. However, the speed of arrows fired by the Junzi Army's Qingqi far exceeded Zuo Bodhisattva's imagination, and the rebel cavalry was confused.
While they were still drawing their bows and setting up arrows in a chaotic manner, the three teams of gentlemen's light cavalry had already launched two waves of arrows, instantly knocking down a large area of the rebel cavalry. When the rebel cavalry finally raised their bows and released the arrows,
, Zuo Bodhisattva was extremely angry when he discovered that the rebels' bows and arrows simply could not shoot that far. Most of the arrowheads landed twenty or thirty steps away from the Junzi Army's Qingqi, posing no threat to the Junzi Army's Qingqi.
An even more shameless tactic emerged. When the rebels fired back with arrows, the first group of Gentleman Army Qingqi still turned around and ran away, even though they were under little threat, and quickly retreated to an absolutely safe area. The second group of Gentleman Army Qingqi
Then charge forward, throw out a wave of arrows, and then immediately turn around and run away. The third team charges and shoots arrows, then turns around and runs away, and the cycle continues endlessly.
Since the range of bows and arrows was not as good as the cavalry of the Gentlemen's Army, and after receiving more than a dozen waves of arrows, Bodhisattva Zuo finally couldn't stand it anymore. Relying on his large number of soldiers, he raised his sword and shouted an order: "Beat the drums, the cavalry charges.
, rush forward and engage in close combat with Tao Ying'er! Whoever captures Tao Ying'er alive will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins!"
"Dong dong dong dong dong dong!" With the beating of the charging war drums, the rebel cavalry, which still had an absolute advantage in numbers, immediately launched a charge, shouting strangely and waving their swords and guns. They rushed towards the gentle cavalry of the Gentleman Army with overwhelming force and rushed towards the unwanted group.
The gentleman with a good face is riding lightly on the army.
It was at this time that Tao Ying ordered the flag to be waved and the golden ring sounded. The Eight Hundred Gentlemen Army finally used the most shameless tactic in this era - whether it was the three teams of light cavalry in front or the two teams behind.
The heavy cavalry all turned around and ran away. As for the deputy director Tao Yingtao, the leader of the Gentleman Army, he even grabbed the reins of Lin Qing's war horse and took the lead in an absolutely shameless escape!
The most shameless thing is that the three teams of Gentlemen Army Qingqi who changed from the rear team to the front team, relying on the high bridge saddle under their buttocks and the stirrups under their feet, are riding their horses to escape, while desperately turning back and firing arrows, shooting and running while running away
Arrows were released on the side of the road, and although the poor cavalrymen of the Zeirong rebels had a certain advantage in the charging speed of their war horses, the feather arrows of the gentlemen's light cavalry kept flying in. When they hurriedly avoided the bows and arrows, they did not have the help of high bridge saddles and stirrups to maintain their balance.
, the speed can only be slowed down, and there are even rebel cavalry blocking the path of their companions to avoid arrows, which further aggravates the chaos of the rebel cavalry and is forced to slow down, so let alone rush forward and engage in close combat with the gentlemen's light cavalry.
Now, even if you want to close the distance between the Junzi Army and Qingqi, it’s difficult!
Some friends must ask, are all the cavalrymen of the Zeirong rebels idiots? Why don't they fire arrows when charging, so as to interfere with the retreat speed of the gentlemen's light cavalry? In fact, the answer is very simple, there are no stirrups and high bridge saddles.
A simple and magical horse harness helps, charging and firing arrows at the same time. Just the jolting of the horse and the damn physical inertia can kill the cavalry!
Friends, if you still don’t believe it or still don’t understand it, you can do a small experiment by yourself, that is, stand on a flat-top car without armrests and let the flat-top car drive at high speed on a bumpy road, and then friends
If you try again, can you stand still? Can you draw the bow and release the arrow? Or, can you maintain your balance and not fall off the car?
By the way, I would like to advise you not to try this dangerous experiment yourself, otherwise I will not be held responsible whether you die, get injured or become disabled.
Chapter completed!